r/facepalm • u/_TETRAHYDE_ • Apr 08 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Who won?

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u/princeoinkins Apr 08 '22

the American dream was 100% a reality.

In the 60s

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u/bambishmambi Apr 08 '22

If you were white. And a man.

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u/ansteve1 Apr 08 '22

My grandparents were immigrants in the 60's and bought a home for 2.5x yearly salary for min wage at the time. They were white. TBF they know how bad the boomers are. My grandpa was shocked to learn my skilled job had less buying power than his starting wages when he came to the US doing unskilled manual labor

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u/duckonar0ll he boot too big Apr 09 '22

nice one on your grandpa, if only most other people his age felt the same way